Eric Eggers

so i guess it depends on how you want to measure accomplishments if we're talking just dollars and cents i think that their accomplishments are quite quantifiable they've identified something like 105 billion dollars worth of things that can be cut between a combination of lease terminations contract cancellations and then federal employees who will be let's call it excused from the federal workforce and obviously some of those federal government leases

so i guess it depends on how you want to measure accomplishments if we're talking just dollars and cents i think that their accomplishments are quite quantifiable they've identified something like 105 billion dollars worth of things that can be cut between a combination of lease terminations contract cancellations and then federal employees who will be let's call it excused from the federal workforce and obviously some of those federal government leases

can amount to almost a half a billion dollars. They've identified things like software licenses with at least a couple of agencies where you have twice as many software licenses, I think 37,000 WinZip licenses in the General Services Administration. for 13,000 employees. So the examples like that are quite obvious.

can amount to almost a half a billion dollars. They've identified things like software licenses with at least a couple of agencies where you have twice as many software licenses, I think 37,000 WinZip licenses in the General Services Administration. for 13,000 employees. So the examples like that are quite obvious.

But I think they've actually been more successful, John, in changing the way we have conversations about budgeting in the federal government. I'm old enough to remember when Mitt Romney essentially ran for president on this back in 2012 with the platform of we're spending more than we're making. Our budget is deficits are leading to death. It's costing us way too much money and interest.

But I think they've actually been more successful, John, in changing the way we have conversations about budgeting in the federal government. I'm old enough to remember when Mitt Romney essentially ran for president on this back in 2012 with the platform of we're spending more than we're making. Our budget is deficits are leading to death. It's costing us way too much money and interest.

And the American people largely yawned. And so fast forward 13 years later, now it's something that's leading the news. You're reporting on this and it's become a focus of the current presidential administration. That's ultimately the success I think Doge has had. We're making cutting spending cool again, or they are, and we're happy for it.

And the American people largely yawned. And so fast forward 13 years later, now it's something that's leading the news. You're reporting on this and it's become a focus of the current presidential administration. That's ultimately the success I think Doge has had. We're making cutting spending cool again, or they are, and we're happy for it.

Yeah, I think the Trump administration has become the most radically transparent administration in recent memory, potentially even in American history. I think certainly in American history, when you consider the fact that everything's being exposed in real time. And so things like even his conversation with President Zelenskyy

Yeah, I think the Trump administration has become the most radically transparent administration in recent memory, potentially even in American history. I think certainly in American history, when you consider the fact that everything's being exposed in real time. And so things like even his conversation with President Zelenskyy

a couple of weeks ago it make more sense if you look at it in the context of no things are no longer pre-packaged and hidden from the american people and then messaged in a very intentional way that's quite honestly quite deceitful as certain things were in the biden administration now you're seeing for yourself you are the first consumer of the organic material and you can decide hey what you know was

a couple of weeks ago it make more sense if you look at it in the context of no things are no longer pre-packaged and hidden from the american people and then messaged in a very intentional way that's quite honestly quite deceitful as certain things were in the biden administration now you're seeing for yourself you are the first consumer of the organic material and you can decide hey what you know was

President Trump and J.D. Vance rude or was President Zelensky rude? What happened there? And that's exactly what's happened here. They're saying, listen, we have lots of ridiculous contracts to do things like. pay for military members to have conversations about how to have DEI conversations with online avatars.

President Trump and J.D. Vance rude or was President Zelensky rude? What happened there? And that's exactly what's happened here. They're saying, listen, we have lots of ridiculous contracts to do things like. pay for military members to have conversations about how to have DEI conversations with online avatars.

And you've heard the numbers of examples of, you know, transgender studies in different countries. And so it's all quite ridiculous. And so the fact that Elon Musk and his team at X can take the specific examples and give them directly to the American people. I mean, remember it wasn't that long ago where

And you've heard the numbers of examples of, you know, transgender studies in different countries. And so it's all quite ridiculous. And so the fact that Elon Musk and his team at X can take the specific examples and give them directly to the American people. I mean, remember it wasn't that long ago where

a lot of other media platforms had employees threatened to quit if anything in a non complimentary way was said about members of the trans movement. So that's how dramatically different the conversation even is. Not only are we willing to say, listen, I'm not sure spending money on translate issues is worth tax dollars, And you're not threatened with a boycott or being canceled.

a lot of other media platforms had employees threatened to quit if anything in a non complimentary way was said about members of the trans movement. So that's how dramatically different the conversation even is. Not only are we willing to say, listen, I'm not sure spending money on translate issues is worth tax dollars, And you're not threatened with a boycott or being canceled.

That actually now gets elevated by a significant percentage of the American people because that's ultimately what they chose when they chose Donald Trump as president. They said, listen, we just want people to be honest. We want to stop playing games, not just in terms of like what people are told to be our values, but then what they're spending our money on towards those values.

That actually now gets elevated by a significant percentage of the American people because that's ultimately what they chose when they chose Donald Trump as president. They said, listen, we just want people to be honest. We want to stop playing games, not just in terms of like what people are told to be our values, but then what they're spending our money on towards those values.